DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-A069-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved June 23, 2026, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/megarian-school/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
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Article Summary
The Megarians were a Greek ‘Socratic’ school of the fourth and early third centuries bc. After their founder Euclides, whose main doctrine was the unity of the good, the leading Megarian was Stilpo, best known for preaching the self-sufficiency of virtue. They propounded various puzzles and found objections to the possible–actual distinction, the copula and universals.
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Sedley, David. Megarian school, 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-A069-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/megarian-school/v-1.
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